The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four- Page 103

[wonkit]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 8:27pm

There is a nice photograph of Raul included in the "SPOTLIGHT - Men of 2009" feature on this site.

Happy New Year to all, and may 2010 bring Raul Esparza back to Broadway in a major (hopefully singing) role!

[cortolau]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 8:58pm

I think this is the Legos commercial rula bean is talking about.
Legos commercial

[wonkit]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 10:08pm

I don't think this is Raul, but the commercial is great!

[rula bean]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 11:33pm

Yep, that's the commercial........wow, that really looks like him, but I'm not sure. That guy's a bit heftier than Raul, maybe?

Thanks for finding it,though!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 1:11am

I've seen that commercial a bunch of times. That's definitely not Raul. Cute commercial, though.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 11:09am

What a great commercial! And I can see why you thought it was Raul, although its not - that actor is almost a dead ringer for him! Amazing what's out there in the gene pool.

Happy New Year, everyone!!

[Hest882]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 1:18pm

Cute ad. Looks like a cross between Raul and Will Ferrell.

Happy new year all!!!

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 9:00pm

Ahem. From the 2009 ASTEP Christmas benefit at Joe's Pub, behold: Raul and his mic stand perform "O Holy Night".
ASTEP Christmas benefit O Holy Night

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/4/10 at 9:31pm

How very lovely! Thanks!

[Hest882]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 12:33am

Gosh, I miss Raul!

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 9:54am

Well, I guess we have the odd combination of "Babalu" and "My Soul to Take" to look forward to.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 10:13am

For what it's worth, Wes Craven has done some considerable revisions and reshooting of the ending of My Soul To Take. To the point where Raul's character isn't even Raul any more - it's a stuntman in gory, freaky makeup.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 12:46pm

You know, that could be good news for me. It feels like an excuse not to bother to see the film at all, or to not wait to see the end. I remember the photo of Raul and his stunt double during the filming - at the least the stunt double got a re-shoot check!

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 1:23pm

This is what the bad guy looks like now in the reworked ending:



No trace of Raul there. I think the guy under that makeup is a stuntman named Manny Siverio.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 2:03pm

From someone's blog today comes this not really new information about Leap of Faith:

Scoop: “Leap Of Faith” Back On Track

Here’s a scoop for you: the musical version of “Leap of Faith,” based on the 1992 Steve Martin-starring movie about an evangelist, will get a production later this year. Out-of-town first, then Broadway if things go well. A workshop of the show, with music by Alan Menken (”Little Shop of Horrors,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and lyrics by Glenn Slater, was done last year with Taylor Hackford as director and Rob Ashford as choreographer. LemonWade hears that Ashford will both direct and choreograph the show in its next incarnation, which will star Raul Esparza. But first Ashford has to do the Broadway revival of “Promises, Promises,” starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth.
Lemonwade.com

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:43pm

In the meantime, Raul should do GLEE guest spot like everyone else on Broadway!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:47pm

There's no sense of chronology in that post other than that it references Promises, Promises. So in other words, it's pretty useless.

I would actually, in all seriousness, love to see him do an episode or two of Glee.

Reworked villain: sexy, obviously.

Psyched for this weekend, it's time to get that boy singing again.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 12:29am

Ooh, I would love to know what Raul thinks about Glee.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 5:17pm

They should put him on with Chenowyth so we get our delayed DAISIES duet!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/9/10 at 11:23pm

Holy sh*t you guys that was unbelievable.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 12:26am

Also, according to IMDB, he'll be on this week's episode of Law and Order. Airs Friday night.

Updated On: 1/10/10 at 12:26 AM

[Hest882]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 12:37am

Luv, details please! So the show was awesome? What did he sing, etc.?

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 11:07am

Emcee - tell us more please!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 11:14am

Judging by the previews he's a prime suspect in a case. For fans of The Daily Show, Samantha Bee's going to guest star as well, as some talk show host.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/10/10 at 11:40am

Yesss, I love her. And The Daily Show. But yeah, I was on the phone with a friend last night, and she mentioned that she saw him on the preview, so she went to check IMDB and sure enough, there it was.

Um, so yeah. Last night was pretty incredible. I don't think I really knew what it was heading in -- I kind of thought they were going to do some Latin-inspired arrangements of showtunes, or something, but it was actually a big thing to honor Desi Arnaz, his career, his influence on the American perception of Latinos, and of course, on American music. So it basically charted his career; they did a couple of arrangements of familiar stuff (like Old Devil Moon), but it was mostly stuff that he either performed, or inspired him, or was inspired by him. And so I think anybody who knows about Raul's background, knowing that, can imagine how important an opportunity this was for him, to get to perform music that he (and his parents) grew up on, and music that is very much a part of who he is. He was on fire. He looked happy and proud up there, as he should have been, and was clearly thrilled and moved to be doing this. He sounded awesome, danced, and totally killed it. It was overall a great show (but I love Latin music), and I'm so glad I saw it.

I'll post the song list shortly.